PRIDE fighting

**yarite** · 07-16-2006, 06:30 AM

Does anybody know if they test for steroids in these athletes? Also, what about UFC?

**juiceboxxx** · 07-16-2006, 06:31 AM

I doubt it

Altough Tim Slyvia had his belt taken away from him a couple years ago in ufc.

**THE_DOME** · 07-16-2006, 07:42 AM

ufc they test, but pride they dont

**Panzerfaust** · 07-16-2006, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by THE_DOME

ufc they test, but pride they dont

You sir are completely wrong, they are tested in Pride just as they are in the UFC. The big difference is Japanese law vs American law.

UFC = NSAC (Nevada State Athletic Commision)

Pride = Themselves

**lucabratzi** · 07-16-2006, 08:18 AM

i think they test the guys in ufc only before a championship fight...doesnt meen they dont juice though..people in natural bb comp. juice up....

**THE_DOME** · 07-16-2006, 09:03 AM

http://forum.nokaut.com/viewtopic.php?t=12279

ill eat my foot on that one, i had always thought that pride wasnt very strict on drug testing if they even did it at all

**anaBROLIC** · 07-16-2006, 09:22 AM

dont think they test for gh. look at how big titos head is...

**juiceboxxx** · 07-16-2006, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by anaBROLIC

dont think they test for gh. look at how big titos head is...

lol I always wondered why it was soo huge and his body wasnt

**rar1015** · 07-16-2006, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by anaBROLIC

dont think they test for gh. look at how big titos head is...

**juiceboxxx** · 07-16-2006, 09:34 AM

I was watching this biography on athletes who use steroids and they were saying something like 0.01% of gh or hgh shows when conducting a test on atheletes who use growth hormones.

This means that the can take hgh and get away with it? so they were demanding better testings etc...

**USfighterFC** · 07-16-2006, 10:52 AM

Actually in Pride they are NOT tested for steroids . President Sakakibara has said numerous times that they do not test for steroids in pride on any level.

**nickm748** · 07-16-2006, 03:41 PM

^^who is that guy doing the thumbs down?

**NEW_IN_THE_GAME** · 07-16-2006, 03:42 PM

It all depends bro. I am here in North Dakota, and I am in cage fighting. MMA.
They do not test, there are a shit load of guys on gear here.

Some places we go will test the winners tho.

**Natty99** · 07-16-2006, 04:24 PM

Originally Posted by nickm748

^^who is that guy doing the thumbs down?

Fedor.the Pride heavyweight champ

**Panzerfaust** · 07-16-2006, 05:13 PM

I know Sakikibara side stepped drug testing questions but for years Bas has silenced such BS by stating that Pride does in fact test the fighters, now what they do with it from there is like i said before, up to them. They do not have a Athletic Commision to worry about unlike the UFC.

Wanderlei also said just a week ago how they are tested and how it was a good thing etc...

The key word here is Pride controls everything themselves, no outside body testing etc...

**novastepp** · 07-16-2006, 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by nickm748

^^who is that guy doing the thumbs down?

its the good ol, fake thumbs up to a watch check

**USfighterFC** · 07-16-2006, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by muriloninja

I know Sakikibara side stepped drug testing questions but for years Bas has silenced such BS by stating that Pride does in fact test the fighters, now what they do with it from there is like i said before, up to them. They do not have a Athletic Commision to worry about unlike the UFC.

Wanderlei also said just a week ago how they are tested and how it was a good thing etc...

The key word here is Pride controls everything themselves, no outside body testing etc...

I honestly would believe sakakibara over bas and wanderlei....but actually if you listen to vanderlei he never said the word "steroids ." He said they "test" but for what? Pride in fact does test for things like painkillers and opiates. Bas and vanderlei are speaking from a fighters perspective and they're more of protecting the legitimacy of what they do than anything else. Even bas was on steroids at a point in his career.